Ezequiel 8:2

2 Então olhei, e eis uma semelhança como aparência de fogo. Desde a aparência dos seus lombos, e para baixo, era fogo; e dos seus lombos, e para cima, como aspecto de resplendor, como e brilho de âmbar.

Ezequiel 8:2 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 8:2

And then one beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of
fire
The Septuagint and Arabic versions render it, "behold the likeness of a man"; reading (vya) , "a man", for (va) , "fire"; but without supposing such a reading, for which there is no foundation, this likeness may very well be understood of the likeness of a man; since mention is made of his joins in the next clause, and of his hand in ( Ezekiel 8:3 ) ; and the description agrees with the appearance of a man in ( Ezekiel 1:26 Ezekiel 1:27 ) ; it was usual for the Son of God, who doubtless is here meant, to appear in a human form; and so Junius and Tremellius supply the words,

``and lo a likeness "of a man", as in the appearance of fire:''

it was the form of a fiery man that was seen, as he is further described: from the appearance of his loins, even downward, fire;
his lower parts, thighs, legs, and feet; expressive either of the light of grace communicated from Christ to his people; or of his fervent love towards them, or flaming zeal for God and his house; or rather of his wrath against an idolatrous people; see ( Revelation 1:15 ) ; a like description is in ( Ezekiel 1:27 ) ; and from his loins, even upward, as the appearance of brightness;
his upper parts, back, belly, breast, shoulders, arms, head which may denote his incomprehensible majesty and glory; his glory being the glory of the only begotten, the brightness of his Father's glory, and the express image of his person. The Targum renders both the one and the other part of the description thus,

``and I saw, and twelve a likeness as the look of fire, the look of glory, which the eye cannot see, nor is it possible to look upon it; and beneath the look of fire, and the look of glory, which the eye cannot behold, nor is it possible to contemplate it; and above, as the look of brightness:''

as the colour of amber:
or "chasmal": which some take to be the name of an angel. The Syriac version is, "as the look of God"; (See Gill on Ezekiel 1:4); and (See Gill on Ezekiel 1:27).

Ezequiel 8:2 In-Context

1 Sucedeu pois, no sexto ano, no mês sexto, no quinto dia do mês, estando eu assentado na minha casa, e os anciãos de Judá assentados diante de mim, que ali a mão do Senhor Deus caiu sobre mim.

2 Então olhei, e eis uma semelhança como aparência de fogo. Desde a aparência dos seus lombos, e para baixo, era fogo; e dos seus lombos, e para cima, como aspecto de resplendor, como e brilho de âmbar.

3 E estendeu a forma duma mão, e me tomou por uma trança da minha cabeça; e o Espírito me levantou entre a terra e o céu, e nas visões de Deus me trouxe a Jerusalém, até a entrada da porta do pátio de dentro, que olha para o norte, onde estava o assento da imagem do ciúme, que provoca ciúme.

4 E eis que a glória do Deus de Israel estava ali, conforme a semelhança que eu tinha visto no vale.

5 Então me disse: Filho do homem, levanta agora os teus olhos para o caminho do norte. Levantei, pois, os meus olhos para o caminho do norte, e eis que ao norte da porta do altar, estava esta imagem do ciúme na entrada.